Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 44, Number 29, Decatur, Adams County, 4 February 1946 — Page 1

d[XLIV. No 29.

STRIKE THREATENS NEW YORK SUPPLIES

■ted States ■ks Britain ■Greek Issue Security 1 Kncil Take No I Kon On Problem Bflon Feb < l P ‘ ' Th * MM . !!!■••« I'- weight to ■M'-„' ' h,l! ■K.,.,. .. of P.itl'li trooia in -I, . 11* I ’’»»• K..| i .if tl>- l iii’i'l Nation* ■K , il i ik- n* action on Mu. . .Usp.it*-*! problem olllK ll 111 it tile km ... convinced ■R-. . I.i-inz in G:ee«e ■■t .1 d.mzer Io th.* ... ;.i*.p*»-***i that the #e- ■■. >;ll . | thank Britain. Rus■gS tii.-ii -i.iteim-nn act.mi be taktie council Hint he ■■' it .could mu be justified : .. ilia! action in th** cane. KK:.e: thorny p oldem was I) the lap or Ihe eec'iritv ■■; .veil .IK it wan hearing V •* n-kr of lliwsia and ■■ ll.Hu ! Britain tear into on til- Greek iiutl** .md 1.. b.i'lon appealed to "immediate, to ■■ ' •.. l-» ' Hi ild.’ I'Aal yß;.*- h’- .nil .mm* I leu m lll'* East. appealed t > (lie council ■■ . .i Pian I tn guilty' ■Egy "" implied ■■.- .nii-ky Haa Kl.et< h- ■■- 'r.' I# ■ marge*, even ■■* •** Vi*.- Fireign Comhad .tiinnaied earlier that »»« carelMt In hi* handling facta. port by the UNO headquar- '« committee revealed that had nerved notice on th*? iy that the Soviets "couM any cage comMvi any part state of Mauachuaettg as a p site for the capital of the Nation*.*' IXO began what is schedul- * the last week of Its cureeting with the fust .session world chief* of staff group, ’* high service commanders big five. ly chief* of staff from the State#. Uussia, Britain, and China met in a small t** room near Westminster ta begin creation of the of the United Nations. The sided galaxy o f military from the military staff ’** of the UNO security fivepower military meeting *"> a snort time before Rus•“heduird to reply |»efore unty eonacil to charge, by ■ Mtßlrfar Ernest llevln of jsat Soviet propaganda and “"* t party tactic* threaten ®" itafy meeting was the . 7r S r" r . i "' M '■> ®HH»ry ' T !,i(I flre Powers, «*Htary advUory met 4 *“”* Pehran. The kS”' 7 a * only organisational *‘" k nf dr »niHK a !■ ! - l '"'' «7~ |W’^ i a Rhodes Dies pm Home In Auburn , ’, lan * '‘"odes. 7. daugh* Mg ~ J lilll,l, ‘ r Hetrick, died at MMubutn a f. tUn * ay at her home Kneha /“ r On of four ■Xm, r? " Hurvhln « «- Mj .. . und 'b«er. Pair!- ‘" n - *t home. H "*tu<x i<:m w! " ,w at ■ '’r-ar-nt# m" ' hP bOme of lhe My in this n? * nd Mr " Bert H M'Ph' . r wl,h ,hp R«» H bX*^^.o f (hu clty U"* Murlal WPI 2 ' Uburn of » cemitery. In ,h,> ■" ATU " K keaoinm i M°° »• m. 23 Ug" 28 gy,-. - 32 BMlwai ton '9ht With r r g mi, d T..L * n Pa ™y c'oody

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Effort To End Senate Filibuster Is Failure Washington, Feb. t tl’l’i An effort to end the southern Democratic filibuster against antl-dla-crimination legislation failed today when ai ling Senate Pr**. Ident Kenneth I). Mi Kellar, It . Tenn., ruled that a motion to limit delude was out of order. ■ — o —— Strong Guard Put On German War Criminals Tip Received Nazi Underground Plans Mass Escape Plot Nuernberg. Feb 4—il'Pi— The United States army placed a strong guard of tanks and riflemen around the Nuernberg courthouse and prison today on a tip that the Nail underground planned an attempt to free Hermann Goering. Rudolf Hess and other top war criminal*. Machine guns were mounted Inside the courthouse and the jail. Heavy tunk>i rumbled into position at strategic point* commanding all entrance* to the building# where the top criminals of the Natl regime are on trial for their live*. Authorities said they also had posted "airplane spotten*” on the prteon roof, apparently tearing an attempted paratroop rescue similar to that which snatched Benito Mussolini from an Italian prison more than a year ago. An unconfirmed rumor circulated that Naxi elite guards and regular German army troops interned lit camps within 20 mile* of Nuernberg had planned a mass im-ape with the Intention of a'tacklng the prison and rescuing their former leaders. There was no confirmation of that report. But the sudden precaution* Indicated that th>- American authorities were taking no chanees. Maj. Gen. Knout N. Harmon, commander of the U. S. third army's troubleuhootlng special police force, took charges of security measures. Sandbag barricades were erected around the prison building. Observers pointed oit that the third army area, of width Nuernberg I* the center, contaiiw 64 prisoner-of-war catn|M holding 170.438 prisoner*. Among 'hem are an estimated 80.00 U tough SS troopers. A strict security blackout was clamped on details of th" purported plot, but it was learned that American counter-intelligeiK e agent* had obtained a tip on a planned jail break over the werkend. Official* refused to comment on how the information was obtained or how complete it was No ona would explain the necessity for posting airplane spotter#, wliich appeared to indicate fear that somehow the Naxi underground might be able to obtain one or more plane*.

February Term Os Court Opens Today Call Court Docket Later This Week The February term of the Adam* circuit court opened today, with Judge J. Fred Fruchte making entries In a veral cases carried over the two week* vacation, following the close of the November term. Judge Fruchte Is expect d to call the docket for this term later In the week when attorneys will appear b fore the court Several ca*e« that have been slated for litigation may be brought to trial during the term. The grand jury Is not expect d to meet thi* term, unless called Into special session, since the November term panel conducted the yearly investigation*. Action in divorce cases will presumably be amoni? the heavlegf during the term, since 13 n w cases were filed in January. In addition to those started previous to this year, but not completed. It is not known wheth r the February term will see any criminal notions of major proportions. Prosecutor G. R*n>y Blerly had no cn*** s*t down on the docket at this early dnt*.

Fire At Home For Aged Takes 13 Lives * —min., «... — .■ «»m ,iwi*a —— 11w»iw**msuws>v*— — *im ——- - n—owi.e, -»«—-«*».ism <■—. iw«—* — WK.,*'.....——»—-wims't i ssmwnui—<s—wmgggguwg IF .A—- * THIS PICTURE shows the ruin* of the Jennings home for the aged at Garfield Heights, <>. northwest of Cleveland, where 13 person* lost their lives In a fire and explosion which struck the T-shaped framebrick structure The home was run by the Sisters of the Holy Ghost, who live in a similar structure altout IM feet away.

4-H Club Show Will Be Held In August To Select Site For Show At Later Date The Adams county 411 duh *how will he h Id the week of August 5. it was decided Saturday at a meeting of adult leader* at the Junior-senior school In this city Saturday. Three communities In the county are bhldinx forth anual event, and the leader* decided to wait until data on all three Invitation* I* compiled before d • elding on the site (or the »how. County agent L. K. Archbold and Mis* Anna K. William*, home demoust rat lon agent, had charge of the Saturday sMslon. nt which adult lead r» from all the chibs tn the county were present. Enrollment in dub*, orspnlza Hon. supervision anil the part par ent* play In club work were the chief topics discuss d at thr nilday session. Saturday. The 4-H dull work in Adam* county has grown rapidly in the last few years, and thl* county rank* high In the state, statistics show. Th next meeting of adult leader*, at which tim the location for the annual show will lie decided, will be held as soon «* all necesaary information is assembled on th" three sit « bidding for the show. o Response Excellent To Clothing Drive Heavy Collection From Rural Areas With approximately a semi-trail-er load of clothing already at the county garage—gathered in Decatur pickup*, the fruit* of the victory clothing drive I* expected to he swelled Tuesday. Roy Price, county chairman, reported today a hear/ response throughout various sections of the county ae the dothew were being collected in the various school*. in addition to drive chairmen previously announced. Mr. Price stated that Charles Fuhrman had lieen appointed to serve in Preble as the campaign chairman. He *aid that comity trucks would begin collecting the clothing at the schisiU tomorrow morning and the total would In* added to the dty collection at the county garage. Phil Sauer, chairman of the dty drive, announced that some contribution* were being lir.iaglit to the garage today hy resident* unintentionally missed in the drive. Commissiners Meet In Monthly Session The county board of commissioners. meeting late this afternoon in the county court house, was expected to receive blds on two proposal* Blds were to b.* opened this afternoon on the furnishing of four ton* of fertiliser and a farm tractor, both to be used at the county farm. The regular meetinc of tbs board opened th's morning with tb* allowing of bills and other routine business transaction* of the commissioners. *

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Decatur, Indiana, Monday, February 4, 1946.

13 Elderly Patients Are Victims Os Fire Cleveland, Feb. I d'Pt Th** Garfield lleigiit* Hie and police departments today w*-re conducting a painstaking investigation Into th** cause of the flash fie Saturday which took the lives of 13 elderly patients at the Jeiiningi Hal! liom** for th*- aged there Neither department would comment on its findings. Th** (ire lirok" out Saturday afternoon and was followed by a series of minor explosions. Tiie home house I <2 persona at that time Confessed Poisoner Is Adjudged Sane Admitted Slayer Os Daughter Sane Grund Rapids. Mich.. Fell. I H'Pt—Stat** psychiatrists held today that the Rev. Frank K. Siple. 53, confessed poisoner of his 17-yeai-old daughter, was sane. Th** Church of God minister will In* charged with first ! *it*grce murder, authorities said. Siple admitted last week that h«f poisoned his daughter, Dorothy Ann. In 1939 In what he descrilied a* n "mercy killing." Kent county prosecutor Menno 1 R. Bolt said that he would fib* the 1 murder charge against the miniI «ter. Charles Wagg. acting director of the Michigan Mental Health commission, said that a threemember sanity lmar.4 examined Siple Saturday night and found tliat he was sane. The report of the psychiatrists. Dr». William A Scott. J. S. McCarthy anil It A. Mortei all of Kalamazoo, wax made In Lansing. The congregation of Southlawn Church of God disrobe*! Siple at services yesterday and installed his brother in law. Rev. Melville Lyon, in hi* place. Th** new pastor is a brother of Mis. Siple. He asked the congregation to "ri*e almve our misfortune.” Siple slept through one church service nt the county jail yesterday and conferred with his attorney during another. Th** services, one held by the Salvation Army and the other by a missionary group, are he|:| every Sunday at the jail. o First War Brides Reach U. S. Today 456 Brides, 170 Children Arrive New York. Feb. 4 - (UP)-The army transport Argentina, first of the fleet of "nursery ships." that will bring some OS.OOfi war brides and children of American Gl's to the United States by the end of June, docked at 6:30 a tn. today with 456 Brithh brid**s and 170 children. Her portholes sblaze as the women finished last mlnute packing and primping, the Argentina arrived at Ambrose lightship at 3:15 a m. and made Its way up the bay In the face of a biting north wind. A Sunday quiet prevailed in the harbor the result of a tugboat (Turn To Page Z, Column 7)

Slow 6. E. Return I To Work Forecast • _• Statement Issued By Manager Lord "Only half of General Klectric's employes may lie able t i n t urn to woik during tin- first few days after Hi strike end* as a result of serious dislocations caused by the work stoppage." according to j M. K. laird, manager of tin* Fort j Waytie G. K. Works. "We will put people back as fast as we can." Mr. laird staled, "but it Is difficult to forecast at pr ■** nt just how fast that will be. Our flow of work lias been seriously ; dislocated amt it will he several 1 days after we get our key iteopl hack in the plant Wore we can I**ll just how serious some of the*e dislocations will h-. "Getting the flow of materials re-estaldish**d will lie on** of our j chief problem*. Since our oflic** i people are not working w*- have no I way of knobtt.g what has b****n happening! to tin* materials, supplica and jiaits •*« bad on order. Dm supplier* may hav** diverted •om** of the# materials Io other I companies. Some *>f them are prole ably lying around In railroad sidingp. Some of tlietn may have be -n l»it off into warehouses. It will tak** tlm to locate them and get them flowing Into Hi** plant as we need them, "We may find that some of our customers have made other ar langein nts for the device# we are building. This will cans** further confusion. Our planning and production iieople will have a tremendous job to do to get production rolling (.gain. There is no doubt that it will be a long time Infor th** dislocation* caused by the strike ar** ot**-rcome." Mr. la*rd Sahl.

Attempt To Defeat Strike Bill Downed House Downs Motion To Kill Legislation Washington. Felt. 4 — (I'l’i — Th** lions** tolay defeated. 13« to 42. a motion to kill strike control legislation which has been under consideration for three days. The motion was made by Rep. Emanuel (’oiler. D., N. V. It would have prevented further considiration at this time of either the president's fact-finding bill which was watered down by the house labor committee, or the tougher case substitute. "Either hill would shackle lalmr," Celler said. His motion was defeated on a standing vote and without opposition debate. Earlier Rep Francis Case. R , S. D. formally offered hi* substitute for the Norton bill. Case said the hill was offered so that "industry, manpfi-ment and la-bor-all Americans-can live together and work together in harmony. Oller's proposal sought to stop debate on the measure and cut off further consideration of any legislation he thought would restrict or curb labor activities. (Turn To Page 6, Column 7)

Truman Resumes Parleys With High Officials In 15-Da.y Old Steel Strike

Supreme Court Upholds Guilt Os Yamashita High Court Refuses To Intervene, Army Granted Fair Trial Washington. Feb. I <l'l’l The supreme court today refu* d to Intervene in the ca«e of Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita. condemned Japanese war criminal. Th court held that the army had given the "Tiger of Malaya" a legal trial. An American military commission at Manila lias sentenced Yamashita to bang for war crimes. The S ntence is subject to review by army authorities. The Japanese general's I' S army lawyers asked the supreme court to Interven . however, on ground* that Yamashita was entitled to civil trial. Chief justice Harlan F. Stone wntfe the r, to 2 opinion upholding the military trial Justice Frank Murphy and Justice Wiley B Rinled* dls«ehted Afte a thorough review of the < use Stone said "Tile detention of petitioner for trial and his detention upon hl* conviction. Httbj ct to the preserib-, cd review by the authorities were lawful." Tile court denied a petition for certiorari and a request for p mission to tile iteilHon# for writes of habeas corpus anti prohibition. Yamashita was sentenced to hang last Dec. 7. the fourth anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The commission found ill enemy commander guilty of condoning -om r,o.iwio atrocities committed by Japanese troops in tiie Luzon campaign and in othei fighting In the Philippine' His attorneys Col Herry K Clarke ami t'apfs F ank Reel and Milton Sandberg claimed that the I’. S military had giv u Yamash ita att Improper trial. They asked that the Japanese general be returned to tile status of a iTI-oner of war and that atty retrial h- be fore a civilian tribunal. Government counsel contended that Yamashita. an enemy Invatl er. held no slatiditig in I' S <oitrts or under I’. S. law in wartime. The war was not officially tided with Japan, they pointed out. They added that the condenm Ing of tiie Jap warleader was a part of this connfry's avowed program Io catch and punish all Jap ime'e and Nazi war criminal*. (Turn To I’agc «. Column *i - o Local Man's Mother Dies Saturday Night Millikan Funeral Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Ida Millikan, widow of th late M M Millikan, died at <> o'clock Saturday evening at he.home three miles southwest of Poneto. Death was attributed to paralysis following an illness of thr e weeks. She was a member of the Friends church at Keystone and had resided in Wells county for 57 years. Surviving are a son. Vaughn Millikan. Iteratin' sclumil teacher; a daught r. Mr*. James ladst of near K. ystone; a brother Charles Shlrely of Cape Girardeau. Mo. and three sisters. Mrs. Alice Shields, of Huntington. Mrs. Dorn Meredith of Bluffton and Mrs. laira Grov* of lattirel. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clot k Tuesday afternoon at the Poneto Methodist church, with the Rev. V. O. Vernon offii liling Burial will hs in th- Grove cemetery.

Candidate c jk John L De\oss John DeVoss Enters Prosecutor's Race Seeks Nomination On Democrat Ticket John L De Voss, lb'catur attorney. today annotim cd ills candidacy for prosecuting attorney of Adams county, subject to the decision of voters in the D mocratlc primary in May. Mr. Ib-Vos# who was dicharged from tlio a inetl force Iff September, was serving his first term a# prosecutor when h wacalled to the service in PHI The candidate was graduated from Indiana law school in l!t3l and returned t<< Decatur, wii.-r he became a partner of the late Jmitre II M DeVos' . hi- father, in the law firm known a. In Vos# and D Vo # He served for three years as city attorney, and was <-le. ted pr > editor in Novembe* of I!H2 lb hail s rved only one year when he entered the arttosl forces, serv Illg for almost two years in the 17t!i airlmrto* division of the Unit iu| State- a my. Mr. D Voss who i« the fir-t can dldate for prosei mot to announce hi# Intentions, also served as a clerk in tiie s|h*< ial -<• <ion of th** Indiana general assembly in 1932. He stated that be would maA an active campaign for the office which be seeks. He is a member of Adtltll# post 13. Ainerii-ati Legion and the Fl at Presbyterian ehtirch II is married and ha- one -on. Plan Loading Zones To Ease Up Traffic Will Submit Plan To City Council A proposal forth e-tahllsh-meiit of sou - "loading, zones" in downtown Deiatur will he submitted to the i-lty count il Tite- lay night during the regular mee'lng. it was revealed today. Mayor John B St nits said today that h would ask the council tn ratify sin h a plan in ord*- to alleviate the hazards of double imiking on Second street. Tentative plans call for a restricted urea of approximately two ear I llgths on !'<oth -Ide# of Second and north of Monroe streets, another on tiie east side of Second and south of Madison street. Short time parking for loading and unloading only would he permitted in these areas Mayor Stults stated. Police would permit passenger car drivers to use these spaces to make quick visits to downtown retail stores. Plans hav- already Iteen made to secure suitable signs to lie erected in the areas by Phil Salter, city street commissioner, and fol lowing approval hy the council th- zones may he in use hy the end of the week, weather permit ting.

Price Four Cents

Congress Studies Strong Anti-Strike Measure As Nation Idle Now 1,543,000 By United Pres* A walkout of tuglsict cr**wmetl menai ed tiie food and fuel eupplie* of N* w York ' millions tmlay a* the number of I' S workers idled by strikes rose to LM3.«<"' Meantime, congress etudicil • strong atrlke-coiiiiol It’ll and President Truman resumed meeting* with high government and labor officials in an effort to end th*» Industry-snarling steel -trike, In It* 15th day. Tit*- house of representative* fa.**l a showdown ovr attempt* of some legislator* to weaken a proposed bill to <urlt strike* by penalizing unions for contract violations. It also wim’d ban foremen s unions, union letycotts and strik** violence, a« provide a preet-lk*j "cooling off period of '<• days. The i hies lalMti d -velopment* w* re 1. N* w York <Hy officials met with labor > p <-*-nt.iilves in an attempt to mediate tli** wage dispute which can-* (I th strike of tugboat woke • Ilire.itenilct to hamper shipping in New York lisrbor'and reduce supplier of food a*id fuel for 7.''<«'.<*it" re»|ilents of the mrlrop'iiitall <r*'ii 2 More than 1 !.'•••" <T<» liras t workers etruck axaln-t tin* Chasts Bras* ami I'opp* t'i Waterbury, Conn I'lilon of.i* 'I- pi*-dl •*"i Ihat Hi** walk mt. i!H!**d to **nforc« wag*- demamU. wou'd apt* ad throughout the ent;-., industry 3 .lame- F D*-wey. government mediator, r* new« d hl« effort* t*» end a »l: k • of 177>.mHt ITO I'nlti ( Vut > work*- az.i! 1 t G*-ii*-ra! Mie lor* < 'll: p Presuleiit Truman r»-poit«-dly »M pri-p.iring '• announce a »t*-*-l prico in reise whi< h might p-ive Hu- way for *-*-tt'lng wage dispute* in th** st*-* !. * li-ctrl* al and other industries Som*' -ouree* *ai*l th* p: ice Incr**a«e would lw- h--iw*-*-ii 41 ami ♦ » a ton Th*- Pr(-*ld*-iit's -teel factfinding p.itiel r*-p<> i.’dlv will hold that the price rise k* mon* than enough to eomp**ll-ate the steel indnstiy for granting 750.0<wi striking workers all I*’-.* < • 111 .HI hour wage hoOSt. It*-p Fran* •* Ca-<- R., S D. author of th** jx-ndlng •trike control bill, said lust night that in* woul*4 support any move to mid a provision repealing tin- Nmfth-t’onnally war lalmr dispute* act "1 think th*- act has alatut outlived Its u*efuln* k* anyhow." h** •aid * Th** Ninitli-Connally ait authorize* government seizure of struck plant-* wh*-ti th*- national Interest i« endangi*i •••! and requires iinl<>n>* to tak*- strike vo'.-* before calling walkout*. At Voungstowti. h. L-’.im memher* of th.- Maiioning valley Ch* council advocated a “march to tin* stat.* capital" to demun i unemployment corn|i*-nsation for striker*. Also in Ohio, state S.-n. U illiaul M. Boyd asked I’ e*ident Truman to intervene iii the month-long Walkout of 175 AFL pressnnm, wliich ha* depriv.-d Cleveland realdents of tli.-ir three dally newspapers Ami at St. lamis. AFL puldii* sdiool lustoillans and matron* struck today for wag>* increases. As picket line* pr**vented delivery of some lunch supplies. Hie possibility appeared that lou.mm grad school pupils might have a strikeItorn holiday. o Clothes Destroyed By Fire Saturday The local fire department mad* a run Saturday aimiit 4:45 pm. I*i the \n«elm Hackman residence, 226 North Ninth street, to extinguish a blaze which started in * clothes closet in the home Members of the family said that the Ida***, presumably staged by spontaneous combustion. *le«troved or damaged a large amount of clothing In the closet.